Hello and welcome along to today's LIVE Hull City blog where we will be bringing you live updates as the Tigers take on Aston Villa at Villa Park, kick off 3pm.

City have won their last six in the league before making the visit to the Midlands, seeing off Brentford, Swansea City, Preston North End, Leeds United, Bolton Wanderers and Sheffield Wednesday in successive games.

As such the Tigers travel in a confident mood and Nigel Adkins' side will fancy their chances of making Aston Villa their seventh straight victim.

Angus MacDonald and James Weir will be the club's only absentees through injury, while Jackson Irvine remains away on international duty with Australia after the Socceroos made it through to the round of 16 this week.

We'll be reporting live from Villa Park this afternoon to bring you all the build-up, team news, match updates and reaction as City meet Dean Smith's side.

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That's all for us tonight

A seventh win in a row wasn’t meant to be ultimately but the Tigers continue their climb up the table with a point at Villa Park.

Thanks for joining us, we’ll be back tomorrow with more reaction.

18:06

Hull City's Nigel Adkins happy to take a point at Aston Villa

Hull City boss Nigel Adkins applauds the travelling fans after the 2-2 draw against Aston Villa

18:04

Latest of Jordy de Wijs' injury

City won’t know until early next week just how bad the injury is but Jordy de Wijs is facing a spell on the sidelines with a calf strain.

Hull City boss Nigel Adkins applauds the travelling fans after the 2-2 draw against Aston Villa

17:44

City up to 8th

That’s got to be progress, despite the gap to the top six growing to six points.

17:42

Kevin Stewart the Hull City standout again against Aston Villa - player ratings

Kevin Stewart of Hull City battles at Villa Park (Image: Focus )

17:37

Here's Adkins' thoughts

All in all you have to say it was an enjoyable afternoon. Sometimes it’s fine margins. We respect the point away from home. We kept the work ethic and the team ethic going and you can see we have a team.

We’ve come from the bottom of the league to eighth.

17:31

Dean Smith not best pleased

It took them forever to take a free-kick, forever to take a goal kick and forever to take a throw in... We probably should have gone on and won the game.

17:04

Reaction to come

It’s a decent point for both sides in the circumstances but we’ll see who was the happier in a short while. Stick with us.

17:04

Here's the 30-second verdict

17:00

City move up in the table

The progress is maintained as the point lifts City up to eighth in the Championship table but it’s now six points to make up on the top six after Derby found a win this afternoon.

16:56KEY EVENT

FULL-TIME: Aston Villa 2 Hull City 2

That’s your lot and a fair result in the end. Both sides could have won it as Villa bounced back from 2-0 down to earn a precious point.

City will be disappointed this wasn’t a seventh straight win but it’s still a 10th game unbeaten.

16:52

What a chance!

Chris Martin should have won it for City. A cross from the right sees the striker get in ahead of his defender but he can’t beat Lovre Kalinic.

Eric Lichaj is coming on for Jarrod Bowen for the four minutes of added time now underway.

16:50

City camped deep

The Tigers are struggling to get out of their half here. Two minutes of normal time to come.